Dear Ella

Dear Ella is a 1997 studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater, recorded in tribute to Ella Fitzgerald, who had died the previous year.

Dear Ella
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 1997
RecordedJanuary 29, 1997 –February 19, 1997
StudioCapitol Studios, Hollywood; Right Track Recording, New York; Abbey Road Studios, London; The Greek Recording Studios
GenreVocal jazz
Length36:31
LabelVerve
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album
(1996)
Dear Ella
(1997)
Live at Yoshi's
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
The Austin Chronicle
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Tom HullB+
Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz

For Dear Ella, Bridgewater won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Slide Hampton won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for his arrangement of "Cotton Tail" at the 40th Grammy Awards.

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